diff --git a/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig b/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
index 0cba01b714..8864161405 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/bindings/bindings.zig
@@ -4543,7 +4543,11 @@ pub const JSValue = enum(JSValueReprInt) {
     };
 
     pub fn determineDiffMethod(this: JSValue, other: JSValue, global: *JSGlobalObject) DiffMethod {
-        if ((this.isString() and other.isString()) or (this.isBuffer(global) and other.isBuffer(global))) return .character;
+        if ((this.isString() and other.isString())) {
+            if (this.toString(global).is8Bit() and other.toString(global).is8Bit()) return .character;
+            return .none;
+        }
+        if (this.isBuffer(global) and other.isBuffer(global)) return .character;
         if ((this.isRegExp() and other.isObject()) or (this.isObject() and other.isRegExp())) return .character;
         if (this.isObject() and other.isObject()) return .line;
 
diff --git a/test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js b/test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js
index 53068d2244..b753ea62f4 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js
+++ b/test/js/bun/test/expect.test.js
@@ -1914,6 +1914,22 @@ describe("expect()", () => {
     expect(1).not.toBe("1");
     expect("hello test").toBe("hello test");
     expect("hello test").not.toBe("hello test2");
+
+    expect(() => {
+      expect("🟢🟢🟢").toBe("🔴🔴🔴");
+    }).toThrow("🔴🔴🔴");
+    expect(() => {
+      expect(String("🟢🟢🟢")).toBe(String("🔴🔴🔴"));
+    }).toThrow("🔴🔴🔴");
+    expect(() => {
+      expect(new String("🟢🟢🟢")).toBe(String("🔴🔴🔴"));
+    }).toThrow("🔴🔴🔴");
+    expect(() => {
+      expect(String("🟢🟢🟢")).toBe(new String("🔴🔴🔴"));
+    }).toThrow("🔴🔴🔴");
+    expect(() => {
+      expect(new String("🟢🟢🟢")).toBe(new String("🔴🔴🔴"));
+    }).toThrow("🔴🔴🔴");
   });
 
   test("toHaveLength()", () => {